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A relational database stores and provides access to interconnected data points. Data is structured into tables (relations), where rows represent unique records and columns represent fields. This setup enables efficient data querying and management using SQL (Structured Query Language).
Services in relational databases encompass training, consulting, system integration, deployment, and maintenance. Strategic consulting involves advising organizations on database selection and designing effective data models. Software offerings include database application builders, data scaling, replication, backup and recovery, encryption, among others. These databases, such as SQL and NoSQL, are deployed across public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. They serve various sectors including BFSI, government, healthcare, IT, retail, education, and more.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
The sharp rise in U.S. tariffs and the ensuing trade tensions in spring 2025 are having a significant impact on the information technology sector, especially in hardware manufacturing, data infrastructure, and software deployment. Increased duties on imported semiconductors, circuit boards, and networking equipment have driven up production and operating costs for tech companies, cloud service providers, and data centers. Firms that depend on globally sourced components for laptops, servers, and consumer electronics are grappling with extended lead times and mounting pricing pressures. At the same time, tariffs on specialized software and retaliatory actions by key international markets have disrupted global IT supply chains and dampened foreign demand for U.S.-made technologies. In response, the sector is ramping up investments in domestic chip production, broadening its supplier network, and leveraging AI-powered automation to improve resilience and manage costs more effectively.
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The relational database market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $74.09 billion in 2024 to $82.95 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to the adoption of cloud-based solutions, the demand for real-time analytics, the increasing volume of data generated, the increasing need for businesses to automate, and the growth of personal computing.
The relational database market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $128.23 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to the increasing volume of data generated, the rising adoption of cloud computing, the increasing demand for real-time analytics, the growth of edge computing, and the increasing use of data virtualization techniques. Major trends in the forecast period include the integration of AI and machine learning, technological advancements, DevOps and continuous integration, advancements in database technologies, and blockchain integration.
The forecast of 11.5% growth over the next five years reflects a modest reduction of 0.4% from the previous estimate for this market. This reduction is primarily due to the impact of tariffs between the US and other countries. Trade constraints could increase costs of integrating cloud-based database services or foreign-developed performance optimization tools, reducing agility for U.S. data-driven enterprises. The effect will also be felt more widely due to reciprocal tariffs and the negative effect on the global economy and trade due to increased trade tensions and restrictions.
The growing adoption of cloud computing is expected to drive the expansion of the relational database market in the coming years. Cloud computing is a technology model that offers on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources, such as servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and applications, over the internet. The increasing adoption of cloud computing is attributed to its scalability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and the ability to access resources from anywhere with internet connectivity. Cloud-based relational databases offer a robust, scalable, and efficient solution for managing structured data, allowing organizations to utilize advanced database features without the burden of maintaining physical infrastructure, enabling them to focus on their core business activities. For example, according to Eurostat, a Luxembourg-based intergovernmental organization, in December 2023, the proportion of enterprises in the EU purchasing cloud computing services grew by 4.2 percentage points compared to 2021. As a result, the rise in cloud computing adoption is fueling the growth of the relational database market.
Leading companies in the relational database market are pursuing strategic partnerships to enhance service offerings and efficiently meet diverse customer needs. Strategic partnerships involve collaborative efforts within the database industry to achieve mutual benefits such as innovation, market expansion, and technological integration. For instance, in March 2024, Fauna, an adaptive operational database platform based in the US, partnered with Google Cloud Platform to facilitate seamless integration of Fauna's distributed document-relational database with Google Cloud services, simplifying procurement and enhancing developer accessibility.
In February 2024, Perforce Software Inc., a US-based software company, acquired Delphix Corp.to bolster its portfolio and incorporate Delphix's expertise in data management, automation, and compliance. This acquisition supports Perforce Software's goal of enhancing the efficiency and scalability of DevOps pipelines. Delphix Corp. is a US-based company that offers relational database services.
Major companies operating in the relational database market are Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP SE, Teradata Corporation, Cloudera Inc, InterSystems Corp, EnterpriseDB, Idera Inc., Cockroach Labs Inc, SingleStore Inc, Actian Vector Corp, Percona LLC, MySQL AB, Yugabyte, MariaDB Corporation, ScyllaDB Inc, Greenplum Inc, Fauna Inc., GridGain Systems Inc., ClickHouse Inc, Apache Software Foundation, PostgreSQL Inc
North America was the largest region in the relational database market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the relational database market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the relational database market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The relational database market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as data storage and retrieval, data relationships, data integrity, transaction management query language support, and related data security and backup. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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The forecasts are made after considering the major factors currently impacting the market. These include the technological advancements such as AI and automation, Russia-Ukraine war, trade tariffs (government-imposed import/export duties), elevated inflation and interest rates.